Brew Number

15

Style

Mexican MXV 4/1

Ingredients

Beermakers Mexican kit

1 kg light liquid malt from Welshpool

250 g corn syrup

Brewing notes

Boil 4 l water, add malt, corn syrup, boil 10 mins, add kit, boil 5 mins.  Tip into fermenter with 20 L cold water.  Pitch yeast 30 Dec, along with enzyme supplied.  4 Jan, decant, bulk prime with 7 oz dextrose, bottle.

Tasting notes

Typical dry, slightly fruity Mexican, good beer, quite carbonated but OK.

4 April – 3 months old.  Golden sort of colour, bit dark for a Mexican.  Good carbonation, long lived lacy head, continues to stream bubbles in glass, reasonable body.  No fruitiness left.  Typical dry Mexican flavour, possibly very slightly too malty, but a very satisfying beer.  We made that!

19August -7 months old.  Good lively carbonation, nice rounded malt flavour, no fruitiness, no cidery flavours, nice dry aroma.  Very good beer.  Lacyhead.